Rev. Leroy Weldon

M. R. Smith Parlor For Funerals

Published 7:00 pm, Tuesday, July 16, 2002

The Rev. Leroy Weldon, 88, of Montgomery, Texas, passed away July 13, 2002 in Conroe Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be noon to 8:30 p.m. at Clarence Lewis & Son Funeral Home, 500 S. 5th, (936) 756-8662. Services will be Thursday, July 18, 2002, at 11 a.m. at Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Thomas Williams, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at Yell Pine Grove Cemetery in Montgomery, Texas. Pallbearers include Timothy O. McWashington, Robert C. Coleman, Edward Tyler, Nicolas Davis, Melvin Brantley and Cory Taylor. Honorary pallbearers include deacons of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church. The Rev. Leroy Weldon was born October 22, 1913 in Garland, Louisiana. He was an ordained minister and earned a Doctorate of Theology degree. He was currently a member and associate minister at Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church. He served in the United States Army and served during World War II as an airplane mechanic. Survivors include his wife, Eartha of Montgomery, Texas; daughters, Christine Hollis of Silsbee, Texas; Lovie Carter, Marion Tyler and Eartha Phillips, all of Montgomery, Texas; 21 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; mother-in-law, Mrs. Wilmer McWashington; brother and sister-in-law, Timothy and Dorothy McWashington of Montgomery, Texas, and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Services are officiated by M. R. Smith Parlor For Funerals, (903) 872-8075.